Happy 80s Birthdays
1949 - Jim Brunzell (Wrestler)
1958 - Feargal Sharkey (Singer)
1959 - Danny Bonaduce (Actor) The Partridge Family
1959 - Tom Niedenfuer (Baseball)
1961 - Dawn Lewis (Actress) A Different World
1964 - Jay Buhner (Baseball)
Fun Fact!
Danny Bonaduce Made His Television Debut in an Episode of the 60s TV Show, Accidental Family
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Other Notable Birthdays
John Logie Baird (Scottish Inventor)
August 13, 1888 - June 14, 1946
Passed Away at Age 57 from a Stroke
Invented the Television
Alfred Hitchcock (Director)
August 13, 1899 - April 29, 1980
Passed Away at Age 80 from Kidney Failure
Known as “The Master of Suspense” With Films Like, Pscycho and The Birds
Ben Hogan (Golf)
August 13, 1912 - July 25, 1997
Passed Away at Age 84 (Unknown Cause)
Won 9 Majors
* 5 U.S. Opens
Don Ho (Singer)
August 13, 1930 - April 14, 2007
Passed Away at Age 76 from Heart Failure
Best Known For the 1966 Song, "Tiny Bubbles"
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Passed Away
(On this Day)
René Laennec (French Physician)
Passed Away on August 13, 1826 at Age 45 (Unknown Cause)
Invented the Stethoscope
Florence Nightingale (English Nurse)
Passed Away on August 13, 2018 at Age 90 (In Her Sleep)
Founder of Modern Nursing
Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart
Passed Away on August 13, 2018 at Age 63 after Suffering a Fall in His Home
2x WWF Tag Team Champion (1987, 1990) With Partner Bret "The Hitman Hart"
* Known as the Hart Foundation
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80s Movies
(Released On This Day)
1982 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus and Brian Backer
Budget: $5 Million
Box Office: $50 Million
1982 - Friday the 13th Part III (3D)
Director: Steve Miner
Starring: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka and Richard Brooker
Budget: $2.3 Million
Box Office: $36.7 Million
1982 - Tempest
Director: Paul Mazursky
Starring: John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon, Raull Julia and Molly Ringwald
Budget: $13 Million
Box Office: $5 Million
* Molly Ringwald’s Film Debut
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80s Television
(On This Day)
1984 - Call to Glory Premiered on ABC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 22
Starring Craig T. Nelson and Elisabeth Shue
1985 - West 57th Premiered on CBS
Seasons: 5
Click Here For More TV Fun Facts and Awards
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80s Music
(Albums Released On This Day)
1985 - Primitive Love
Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine (9th Album)
Billboard Charts: #23
* #1 in Latin Pop Albums
Featuring “Conga"
1986 - Feel My Power
MC Hammer (Debut Album)
Billboard Charts: #30
* #1 in R&B
Featuring “Get It Started”
Fun Fact!
MC Hammer Borrowed $20,000 from Oakland A’s Players Dwayne Murphy and Mike Davis to Kick Start His Label Business
1987 - Love Is for Suckers
Twisted Sister (5th Album)
Billboard Charts: #74
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80s Sports
(On This Day)
1988 - The Boston Red Sox Won Their 24th Consecutive Home Game
* The Red Sox Beat the Tigers 16 - 4 on a Saturday Afternoon
Attendance: 33,601
Dwight Evans 4-5 (2 Home Runs and 7 RBI’s)
The Red Sox Lost Their Next Home Game to the Tigers 18-6
1989 - Payne Stewart (-12) Won the PGA Championship
Prize: $200,000
Runner Up: Andy Bean, Mike Reid and Curtis Strange (-11)
Runner Up Prize: $83,333
Location: Long Grove, Illinois
Course: Kemper Lakes Golf Club
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Other Notable Dates
(On August 13th)
1967 - 2 Women Were Killed, on the Same Day, on Two Separate Occasions by Grizzly Bears at Glacier National Park in Montana
* There Had Been No Fatal Bear Attacks in the 57-Year History of the Park
August 13th in 80s History
1986 - MC Hammer Released His Debut Album, Feel My Power
* Reached #30 on the US Billboard Charts
Did You Know?
MC Hammer Use To Be the Bat Boy For the Oakland A's
Headlines
(August 13th)
1982 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High Premiered in Theaters
* Starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason-Leigh and Phoebe Cates
Did You Know?
Sean Penn and Friends Were Really Smoking Marijuana Before Filming Each Scene
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#1 Songs in America
(August 13th)
1980 - "Magic"
Olivia Newton-John
8/2 - 8/29
1981 - "Jessie's Girl"
Rick Springfield
8/1 - 8/14
1982 - "Eye of the Tiger"
Survivor
7/24 - 9/3
1983 - "Every Breath You Take"
The Police
7/9 - 9/2
1984 "Ghostbusters"
Ray Parker, Jr.
8/11 - 8/31
1985 - "Shout"
Tears for Fears
8/3 - 8/23
1986 - "Glory of Love"
Peter Cetera
8/2 - 8/15
1987 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
U2
8/8 - 8/21
1988 - "Roll With It"
Steve Winwood
7/30 - 8/26
1989 - "Right Here Waiting"
Richard Marx
8/12 - 9/1
Click Here For More Music Fun Facts and Awards
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Premiered in Theaters
1988 - Payne Stewart (-12) Defeated Andy Bean, Mike Reid and Curtis Strange by 1-Stroke to Win the PGA Championship
First Prize: $200,000
Runner Up Prize: $83,333
Location: Long Grove, Illinois
Course: Kemper Lakes Golf Club
Fun Fact!
Sean Penn's Character, Jeff Spicoli Made CheckerBoard Vans Extremely Popular
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Fun Fact!
MC Hammer Borrowed $20,000 From Oakland A’s Players, Dwayne Murphy and Mike Davis to Start His Label Business
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1982 - Molly Ringwald Made Her Film Debut in the Movie, Tempest
* Also Starring Susan Sarandon